Bridge Collapsed : Pickfords Fined £5
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AFINE of £5 was imposed upon the Special Traffics (Pickfords) Division of British Road Services at Kilmarnock, last week, for failing to give proper notice to the Ayrshire Chief Constable of the carriage of an abnormal load. On April 26 the vehicle was driven over Parkhouse Bridge, Ardrossan, which collapsed under the weight. of more than 100 tons.
The defence was that originally the haulage of a toad 12 ft. 9 in. high had been arranged for, and the police in Glasgow and Renfrewshire were noti• tied. It was subsequently found, however, that the load was 14 ft. high and the route had to be altered to pass through Ayrshire.
Amended notices were prepared, but were inadvertently sent to the same police authorities as before. The Ayrshire police were told of the movement, although not in statutory form, and provided an escort.
SUCCESS OF LIGHT-ALLOY FISH CONTAINERS
GREAT success has resulted from the use of Duramin light-alloy containers by Quayside Products, Ltd., Grimsby, for the transport of wet fish. The containers are made of duralumin and" -lined with anti-corrosive alloy. They are easily cleaned and do not become impregnated with the smell of fish.
Drainage channels are formed in the floor. The containers are 13 ft. 10 in. Icing, 6 ft. 10 in. wide and 5 ft. 9 in. high. The makers are the Duramin Engineering C.o., Ltd., London, N.W.10, "CO-OP." STEP IN FIRST
THE first long-distance coach tourists to be taken to Rothesay recently arrived in the island in a coach ' operated by St. Cuthbert's Co-operatiVe Society.
Several operators were granted licences for tours to Rothetay when , the vehicular ferry across the Kyles of . Bute was instituted two years ago, bu( they did not consider tours an economic proposition, as the Strachur-Colintraive road was restricted to I4-seaters. The limit has recently been eased and the Society are the first to take advantage of the concession.
HULL LOSES 500,000 PASSENGERS
NEARLY 500,000 fewer passengers were carried by Hull Corporation in June than at the comparable period last year. A member of the transport committee, which met last week, said that despite increased fares and reduced mileage, the undertaking was worse off.
Mr. G. H. Pulfrey, general manager, stated that even before fares were raised, the undertaking had lost lin. passengers in a year. He was asked to report on the reduced number of passengers on the trolleybus services.
R.H.A. CONFERENCE PLANS THE programme of the Road Haul1 age Association's conference at Eastbourne from October 13-15 includes an informal reception on the first evening, a civic reception and ball on the second evening and an official banquet and ball on the last night. There will be three business sessions, two on October 14 and one on the morning of October 15. The conference headquarters will be the Grand Hotel.
SOLE SERVICE ABSORBED
THE only bus service operated in the new town of Peterlee, Durham, has been taken over from Mr. J. W. Stewart by Trimdon Motor Services. A 24-hour service for miners is to be operated, double-deckers are to be used, and the possibility of maintaining a 20-minute headway and extending the route to other mining villages is to be investigated.
RADIUS APPEAL SUCCEEDS
THE Transport [Appeal] Tribunal last week reversed a decision of the South Wales Licensing Authority, who refused permission to Messrs. Marshall and Bailey, Abergavenny, to operate within 25 miles instead of seven miles. The Tribunal also allowed the firm to carry, livestock to and from Hereford tot cusOftiehcyitIlih .seven miles of their base'.